Title

Pleasing Pasta

Broad Question

What type of pasta do people prefer?

Specific Question

Do people people prefer wheat, gluten free, or regular pasta?

Hypothesis

It is hypothesized that people will prefer regular pasta over wheat and gluten free pasta.

Graph of Hypothesis

Variables

Independent Variable: Types of pasta

Dependent Variable: Which pasta is the best

Variables That Need To Be Controlled:

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation

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General Plan

Potential Problems And Solutions

A participant could choke

Safety Or Environmental Concerns

Experimental Design

The general plan is to answer the question of whether salt in the water when making pasta changes the taste of plain pasta. Eight ounces of regular, whole wheat, and gluten-free pasta will be used. In the school cafeteria the three pastas will be cooked,in two quarts of water with a tablespoon of salt. Again the three additional pastas of the same type , whole wheat, regular and gluten free will be cooked in two quarts of water with no salt. A blind taste test will be conducted and the participants will rate A and B on a scale one to ten. In order to avoid mixing up the plates I will draw a S for the salt and a P for plain.

Resources and Budget Table

Name	Description	Quantity	shop	cost	brand name
Regular Pasta		4 cups	Walmart	$0.59	prince
whole wheat pasta		4 cups	Grant’s	$1.39	old hodgen mills
Gluten free pasta		4 cups	Grant’s	$2.29	pamelas
Salt	regular table salt	6 tablespoon	Walmart	$0.99	mortin
Pan	4 quart sauce pan	1	from home	no cost	-
water	tap	12 quarts	from faucet	no cost	-
stove	with burner	1	from here	no cost	-
Strainer	with holes	1	from home	no cost	-

Data Table

Time Line

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Background Research

References

Detailed Procedure

Procedure

1. Buy the pasta.
2. Ask around for participant's.
3. Get 6 quart pan.
4. Measure out 4 quarts of water.
5. Turn stove on high.
6. Wait for water to come to a full boil.
7. Drop in 8 ounces of pasta ( angel hair).
8. Wait until the water comes to a boil once again.
9. Set timer for 6 minutes
10. Drain Pasta using strainer and set aside.
11. Repeat steps 1- 10 but in step 4 add 1 tablespoon of salt to the water and then boil.
12. put 5 pieces of pasta in a bowl
13. Give pasta to participant’s.
14. wait for them to finish and give rating.
15. add rating to list.
16. make spreadsheet using data.

Diagram

Photo List

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Results

A experiment was conducted where participants had to test 3 different types of pasta and write down which was the best. The 6 participants ate 5 noodles of each type making 15 in all. Regular flavored pasta scored the best with 3 votes. Whole wheat had 2 votes and Gluten free only scored 1 vote.

All Raw Data

Graphs

Photos

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Data Analysis

Conclusion

My original question was “ Does adding salt to pasta change the flavor.” But it was changed by the teachers to something more suitable. It was changed to does the type of pasta change the flavor. The first one was never answered. But the second was answered with yes regular was the best by vote.

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Discussion

The experiment that was conducted was meant to answer the question of does pasta’s flavor change with or without salt. I think that the was not answered. The reason that the question was not answered was because of the miscommunication between the teachers and me. What happened was the teachers told me to make last minute adjustments to the experiment and the instructions where not very clear so I messed it up and I get that. If I had to redo it I would make sure the instructions were clear and I had more participants. If not then I would do it the way I wanted it to be done in the beginning. I think that this was a learning experience and should be treated as such.

Benefit to Community and/or Science

This proves that if a person has no allergy's then they will most often choose regular pasta over gluten free and whole wheat. Therefore regular pasta is the most finance and marketed.

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